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The Great Wall of China represented one solution to the problem of possible invasion by neighboring nomadic, tribal peoples. But was it really successful? Find out at EDSITEment, the award-winning NEH website.

While contemporary historians still debate the role of religion in the intellectual ideals of the American Revolution, many eighteenth-century Americans saw little tension between the philosophical arguments for revolution and their religious beliefs. Learn more about religion and the argument for American Independence on EDSITEment, the award-winning NEH website.

Nineteen months after he began, NEH Chairman Jim Leach has completed his Civility Tour, visiting every state in the nation to raise public awareness of how “polarizing attitudes can jeapardize social cohesion and even public safety."

An NEH-funded archaeology project is unearthing evidence -- spanning three centuries -- that numerous oppressed groups took refuge in the swamp, including runaway slaves and displaced Native Americans.